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The Basilica of Bom Jesus is built of black laterite with marble and inlaid precious stones. It contains the tomb of St. Francis Xavier who spread Christianity to the Portuguese colonies.
Devout Christians come here to worship.

This is the most visited church in old panjim goa. It is a 19 km drive from candolim goa.
You can ride with the bike you hired. Please wear helmet as you might get caught by traffic police. The church is very beautiful crafted and gives a calming sense when you are inside. Worth a visit dont miss.

We hired a bike from calangute and travelled to this place which is in old Goa, passing along Mandovi river banks on the way with nice scenic beauty, greenaies, old goan houses, chapels.This is one of the oldest churches in Goa and in India. The floor is of marble inlaid with precious stones. Apart from the elaborate gilded altars, the...
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I must say the journey to this place was one of the coolest journey, we hired a bike from calangute and travelled about 40km to visit this place by crossing panjim, real view come when you cross panjim and then you can on your left river flowing on right you can see greenery, old goan structure.
you can big ships...
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Went the day before the celebration of the death of St Francis Xavier whose remains are kept in a silver sarcophagus in the well preserved church. The crowds attending the mass mass celebration was already enormous. This saint is truly venerated here! The church is well maintained.. amazingly so for a bric and wood building in a tropical climate. Well...
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Why go to Europe to see great medieval Church, murals and architecture when you could do so here!! We spent a good 3 hours in the old Church itself. Breathtaking beauty to see "Life of Christ" paintings. The entire place is huge and requires a lot of walking. It has so much rare collections of history and I was surprised...
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